Police arrest former Easton star athlete in stabbing case

Wednesday

Jul 28, 2010 at 12:01 AMJul 28, 2010 at 7:56 PM

Alex Kershaw, a 19-year-old former star football player at Oliver Ames High School, was charged by police on Tuesday with the stabbing of a 17-year-old last week at the Mobil station at the Five Corners.

Vicki-Ann Downing

Alex Kershaw, a 19-year-old former star football player at Oliver Ames High School, was charged by police on Tuesday with the stabbing of a 17-year-old last week at the Mobil station at the Five Corners.
Police Chief Allen R. Krajcik said Kershaw, now living at 400 Foxboro Blvd. in Foxboro, was arrested at the pool outside his condominium complex on a warrant charging him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a knife.
Kershaw was charged with a civil rights violation in January after allegedly punching two men in the face and making a sexual slur against one of them. Krajcik said Kershaw’s bail from that incident was revoked and he was jailed pending a dangerousness hearing on Aug. 3.
Kershaw is accused of stabbing 17-year-old George Keenan of Easton during a fight outside the Mobil station at 1:30 a.m. July 20. He was arrested following an investigation by Police Detective Sgt. John Lynn and Patrolman Patrick Healey. Patrolman Charles Hopkins and Foxboro police also assisted in the arrest on Tuesday.
Kershaw is a former Easton resident and star athlete at Oliver Ames High School who transferred to the Taft School in Watertown, Conn. In February, he signed to play football at Southern Connecticut State University for the 2010 season.